Forty-one percent of nurses said they had been a victim of bullying, incivility or other forms of workplace violence, and 63 percent said their organization didn't handle the situation in a satisfactory way, according to an AMN Healthcare 2019 survey.  

An HHS agency has released a toolkit to guide hospitals and health systems trying to curb inappropriate antibiotic use.

Apple removed 181 apps related to vaping from the App Store Nov. 15 in a vaping app ban, according to CNBC.

Nike has designed an athletic shoe for nurses, physicians and home health providers — the Air Zoom Pulse — according to a Nov. 8 news release. 

The weekly number of vaping cases across the nation has been continuously declining, though the CDC attributes the decrease in part to a delay in reporting. 

The Connecticut Department of Public Health confirmed the first two flu-related deaths of the 2019-20 season Nov. 14.

The CDC reported 10 new measles infections in October, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,261 cases for 2019.

Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center suspended nine nurses who refused to get their flu shots under a new hospital policy, reports CBS 6 Albany.

The number of patients sickened by an infection stemming from contaminated water sources is unknown because only two state health agencies require hospitals to report them, according to NBC affiliate WCNC.

A patient at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was recently diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, reports The Baltimore Sun.

The family of a teenage patient on Oct. 25 filed a lawsuit against Seattle Children's Hospital, claiming a 2018 infection due to mold found in the hospital disabled their son, according to The Seattle Times. 

A prototype smartphone app developed by Texas-based researchers that can help parents detect eye diseases in their children has been verified as an effective tool, according to results of a new study published in Science Advances.

ECRI Institute and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices on Nov. 13 entered a definitive agreement to affiliate.

Residents of Covington, Ga., want a federal investigation of cancer levels around a medical sterilization plant that uses ethylene oxide, according to NBC affiliate 11Alive. 

Below are seven hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

New York health officials on Nov. 13 published a list of healthcare organizations that have treated patients for the deadly fungus Candida auris, making it the first state to share this information with the public, reports The New York Times.

More than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur annually in the U.S., according to the CDC's 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats report published Nov. 13.

Colorado researchers have developed a model that lets clinicians predict the risk of a child experiencing septic shock in the emergency department, according to a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

MultiCare Auburn (Wash.) Medical Center is notifying certain patients of a  potential exposure to tuberculosis after an employee recently tested positive for the disease, according to CBS affiliate KIRO 7. 

An intervention that included comparing physicians' antibiotic prescribing patterns helped reduce antibiotic prescriptions by nearly 36 percent, according to a study published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.